Dear EA Sports,I think I speak for a large population of video game fans who have played EA sports titles since we were kids. Growing up we all loved playing against each other for some friendly competition resulting in controllers breaking and fist fights, however, some of the most fun we've had was coming together to go up against either the CPU in a franchise or dynasty mode or going head to head with another set of friends online somewhere in the world. As we got older, friends have grown up and moved away from each other and having online gaming has kept friendships alive. With modern technology, there should be a way that in every single EA game, we have an option to join our friends online to team up against both the CPU in franchise and dynasty modes, as well as against other online users in online versus modes. When I'm choosing my team, in any sport, in any mode, I should have the option to "add a friend" that can join me and either player lock on specific positions or play freely with me.Please EA, do the right thing and keep our childhood friendships alive.

Back on I believe it was Madden 09, me and a friend played a Co-Op Dynasty, we do a random pick of a team and then go with it. We ended up with the Raiders, played 11 season were he was the QB and I was the RB, when it came to pass plays, I would take receivers on left side, he took right side. On defense, I would take the SS and he would take the LB, this was some of the most gaming fun I have had.He has since moved to the other side of the country, we would like to play this way again. He wont buy College Football or Madden for this reason only.EA, I bet you are missing out on a lot of Money just from this. Please add this feature to all your games moving forward and I bet your income rises since that is all you care about.

@DeepTurtle33 Not only this, but the options we do have to play co-op need a look for issues.I mentioned in another thread, I play a dynasty co-op with my brother and cousin when we have time to get together during our busy lives. We chose to start as Memphis and work our coach up to a power 5 school and on.In game on 14, my brother would be QB, I'll take RB, cousin would take OL when he plays (he's not as experienced as we are). Now, it looks like you can only play OL on running plays. That's fine, he can play TE. The issue on offense is that after each play, your indicator moves to another player (except QB). If I'm RB, I'll start as a TE on the next play. If I'm TE on one play, I'll be moved to WR next.That's a minor issue on offense. But it happens on defense as well. And worse, when the opponent runs a hurry up offense, we are locked down. Can't change players, can't even move pre-snap. Obviously this is a massive issue of suddenly, unexpectedly, we are moved to CB, off screen, and can't change.That becomes an even bigger issue when the player indicator colors are so hard to read. Red at least looks a LITTLE different, though still hard to see. But blue and green are nearly identical. It makes it tough to get co-op users on the same page, especially on defense.Please, someone see this and look into making adjustments. Fixing the change and lock issue of course, but maybe make the inner circle of the player indicator color the entire inner circle, more saturated and semi-transparent?

Agreed! I've had a thread about this on the Madden forum for a while and just started another one on NCAA.My friend and I live states away and have no interest playing against each other but like to play on the same team in a dynasty/franchise. It's insane that EA hasn't made this a thing since it doesn't appear like it'd be difficult to do.The only thing my friend and I can do is Shareplay on PS5. Which works OK but if we lose connection or don't complete it within the Shareplays 1hr time limit then we can't finish the game. You can't restart because of some glitch where when you restart Shareplay it changes the controller and you have to quit.EA please fix this!@EA_Kent @EA_Illium

This. How did this not come up in beta testing?

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12 Replies

YThomathy
2 years ago
This. How did this not come up in beta testing?
kendogg89
New Hotshot
2 years ago
Back on I believe it was Madden 09, me and a friend played a Co-Op Dynasty, we do a random pick of a team and then go with it. We ended up with the Raiders, played 11 season were he was the QB and I was the RB, when it came to pass plays, I would take receivers on left side, he took right side. On defense, I would take the SS and he would take the LB, this was some of the most gaming fun I have had.
He has since moved to the other side of the country, we would like to play this way again. He wont buy College Football or Madden for this reason only.
EA, I bet you are missing out on a lot of Money just from this. Please add this feature to all your games moving forward and I bet your income rises since that is all you care about.
Darksim15
Seasoned Traveler
2 years ago
@DeepTurtle33 Not only this, but the options we do have to play co-op need a look for issues.

I mentioned in another thread, I play a dynasty co-op with my brother and cousin when we have time to get together during our busy lives. We chose to start as Memphis and work our coach up to a power 5 school and on.

In game on 14, my brother would be QB, I'll take RB, cousin would take OL when he plays (he's not as experienced as we are). Now, it looks like you can only play OL on running plays. That's fine, he can play TE. The issue on offense is that after each play, your indicator moves to another player (except QB). If I'm RB, I'll start as a TE on the next play. If I'm TE on one play, I'll be moved to WR next.

That's a minor issue on offense. But it happens on defense as well. And worse, when the opponent runs a hurry up offense, we are locked down. Can't change players, can't even move pre-snap. Obviously this is a massive issue of suddenly, unexpectedly, we are moved to CB, off screen, and can't change.

That becomes an even bigger issue when the player indicator colors are so hard to read. Red at least looks a LITTLE different, though still hard to see. But blue and green are nearly identical. It makes it tough to get co-op users on the same page, especially on defense.

Please, someone see this and look into making adjustments. Fixing the change and lock issue of course, but maybe make the inner circle of the player indicator color the entire inner circle, more saturated and semi-transparent?
NightSpektre
2 years ago
Agreed! I've had a thread about this on the Madden forum for a while and just started another one on NCAA.
My friend and I live states away and have no interest playing against each other but like to play on the same team in a dynasty/franchise. It's insane that EA hasn't made this a thing since it doesn't appear like it'd be difficult to do.
The only thing my friend and I can do is Shareplay on PS5. Which works OK but if we lose connection or don't complete it within the Shareplays 1hr time limit then we can't finish the game. You can't restart because of some glitch where when you restart Shareplay it changes the controller and you have to quit.
EA please fix this!
@EA_Kent @EA_Illium
NightSpektre
12 months ago
Bump on this!
DaBovineGenius
12 months ago
Insanely frustrating as you can only use teambuilder teams online....I bought a console and the game to play teambuilder dynasties co-op, and I just...can't. This is just stupid.
NightSpektre
11 months ago
Really dumb this isn't a thing! All we can do is keep these threads alive and hopefully someone at EA will pay attention.
UtahUtes32
Rising Ace
11 months ago
@DeepTurtle33 Yes, I'd love to see coop enhanced.

If I'm playing an online dynasty, let me invite a friend to play with me, or against me.
NightSpektre
11 months ago
Agreed! Listen to us EA!
NightSpektre
11 months ago
Bumping this up! Help EA!